Simple Past Worksheet – M-A1SPA003 / ESL EFL Classroom material
February 19, 2023
Prepositions Worksheet – M-B2PRE001 / ESL EFL Classroom material
February 21, 2023
1. What has Cleopatra commissioned?
2. What does Cleopatra not like about herself?
3. What is the boy’s job initially?
4. Why did the boy have to repaint Cleopatra’s painting?
5. What happens to the messenger if Cleopatra doesn’t l ike the painting?
6. Did Cleopatra like the boy’s painting of her? Why?
7. What did the boy become at the end of the story?
EXTRA POINTS
8. What were the two statues in front of Cleopatra’s palace of?
Answer Key
1. Cleopatra has commissioned a painting of herself.
2. Cleopatra doesn’t like her nose.
3. The boy’s job was that of an apprentice painter.
4. The boy had to repaint Cleopatras picture because he killed a fly on it.
5. If Cleopatra doesn’t like the painting, the messenger gets eaten by the little lion.
6. Yes, Cleopatra likes the boy’s painting of her because it’s abstract and doesn’t show her having a big nose.
7. The boy becomes Cleopatra’s royal artist.
8. The two statues in front of Cleopatra’s palace are of cats.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- Do you know who Cleopatra is?
- Have you ever wanted to visit the egyptian pyramids?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Measure
Snap fingers
Get angry
Deliver
Rub
Snap fingers
Get angry
Deliver
Rub
Escort (v)
Roar
Hang up (something)
Sweep
Roar
Hang up (something)
Sweep
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided under the video.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- Do you know who Cleopatra is?
- Have you ever wanted to visit the egyptian pyramids?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Measure
Snap fingers
Get angry
Deliver
Rub
Escort (v)
Roar
Hang up (something)
Sweep
Snap fingers
Get angry
Deliver
Rub
Escort (v)
Roar
Hang up (something)
Sweep
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided below.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
1. What has Cleopatra commissioned?
2. What does Cleopatra not like about herself?
3. What is the boy’s job initially?
4. Why did the boy have to repaint Cleopatra’s painting?
5. What happens to the messenger if Cleopatra doesn’t l ike the painting?
6. Did Cleopatra like the boy’s painting of her? Why?
7. What did the boy become at the end of the story?
EXTRA POINTS
8. What were the two statues in front of Cleopatra’s palace of?
Answer Key
1. Cleopatra has commissioned a painting of herself.
2. Cleopatra doesn’t like her nose.
3. The boy’s job was that of an apprentice painter.
4. The boy had to repaint Cleopatras picture because he killed a fly on it.
5. If Cleopatra doesn’t like the painting, the messenger gets eaten by the little lion.
6. Yes, Cleopatra likes the boy’s painting of her because it’s abstract and doesn’t show her having a big nose.
7. The boy becomes Cleopatra’s royal artist.
8. The two statues in front of Cleopatra’s palace are of cats.
